Partysans Film

A Macedonian military deserter and his Italian blood-brother are searching for a dead grandmother wrapped up in a stolen carpet, all over the Balkan's criminal underworld.

Eight-year-old Zoran is the hero of this story set in Skopje during the German occupation of the city in World War II. Through his eyes, we experience all the cruelty, poverty and suffering of wartime. A love affair between his Macedonian mother and a German officer will help his family get through the hard times…

After a car accident, Sofia and Branko's idyllic life unravels. As they struggle to cope with the aftermath, their conscience haunts them, transforming their relationship and leading to a series of unexpected events.

This is a time when we learn afresh that nothing lasts forever and that the variability is an integral part of everyday life. What is a river today does not mean that tomorrow will not become a sea. Life itself is one large metamorphosis, and the human being is its variable shape...

A compilation documentary that attempts to reinterpret silent footage by offering an ironic take on Balkan history. This satirical docufiction film showcases the cinematic body of work of the Manaki brothers—the first Balkan cinematographers—spanning the period from 1905 to 1925. It incorporates excerpts from various films, including: *Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat*, *Feeding the Baby*, and *The Sprinkler Sprinkled* by the Lumière brothers (Louis and Auguste); *A Trip to the Moon* by Georges Méliès; wartime newsreels from the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Serbian armies in Macedonia (1914–1918); *Man with a Movie Camera* by Dziga Vertov; *October* by Sergei Eisenstein; *Triumph of the Will* by Leni Riefenstahl; *The Salonika Assassins* by Žika Mitrović; and *Cinema Paradiso* by Giuseppe Tornatore.

After losing her virginity, 22 year-old Tina pays a distressing first visit to the gynecologist.